Silja Hauksdóttir, the director and one of the writers of “Agnes Joy,” says she opened the film with a graphic vomiting scene to capture the “raw” relationship between its characters.
The film, Iceland’s entry into the Academy Awards International Film category, explores the explosive relationship of daughter Agnes (Donna Cruz) and her mother Rannveig (Katla Þorgeirsdóttir) as Agnes seeks independence from her frustrated, dissatisfied mother’s controlling ways. Their world is upended still more when a seductive new neighbor moves into town.
“Raw” was how TheWrap’s Joe McGovern described the movie’s first scene, in which hungover teenage daughter Agnes (Donna Cruz) is shown vomiting in a bathroom, only to be broken in on by her outraged mother. Rannveig is more concerned about whether Agnes will be still able to perform on the violin than her daughter’s plight. When McGovern asked Hauksdóttir about the creative choice, she agreed with his assessment.
The film, Iceland’s entry into the Academy Awards International Film category, explores the explosive relationship of daughter Agnes (Donna Cruz) and her mother Rannveig (Katla Þorgeirsdóttir) as Agnes seeks independence from her frustrated, dissatisfied mother’s controlling ways. Their world is upended still more when a seductive new neighbor moves into town.
“Raw” was how TheWrap’s Joe McGovern described the movie’s first scene, in which hungover teenage daughter Agnes (Donna Cruz) is shown vomiting in a bathroom, only to be broken in on by her outraged mother. Rannveig is more concerned about whether Agnes will be still able to perform on the violin than her daughter’s plight. When McGovern asked Hauksdóttir about the creative choice, she agreed with his assessment.
- 2/2/2021
- by Diane Haithman
- The Wrap
Shortlists to be announced on February 9.
The Academy on Thursday (January 28) published a list of 93 films eligible for international feature film Oscar category.
Algeria’s Heliopolis, about the brutal suppression by French colonial authorities of an uprising in 1945, is omitted from the list. Screen understands the national selection committee withdrew the submission.
There were also a record number of documentary submissions – 238 compared to the previous high of 170 – in light of amended eligibility rules this season due to the pandemic, and a reduced field of 27 animation contenders.
The shortlists will be announced on February 9. The 93rd annual Academy Awards are scheduled...
The Academy on Thursday (January 28) published a list of 93 films eligible for international feature film Oscar category.
Algeria’s Heliopolis, about the brutal suppression by French colonial authorities of an uprising in 1945, is omitted from the list. Screen understands the national selection committee withdrew the submission.
There were also a record number of documentary submissions – 238 compared to the previous high of 170 – in light of amended eligibility rules this season due to the pandemic, and a reduced field of 27 animation contenders.
The shortlists will be announced on February 9. The 93rd annual Academy Awards are scheduled...
- 1/28/2021
- ScreenDaily
Since the Thanksgiving Eve update we've had the following films join the competition for Oscar's Best International Feature Film bringing the current number up to 84.
Bangladesh - Sincerely Yours, Dhaka which is an anthology from multiple directors about life in Dhaka (streaming on Netflix) Belarus - Persian Lessons Hong Kong - Better Days which is teen crime drama about a bully victim and a street thug who protects her (for rent on Amazon | more on Hong Kong and Oscar) Iceland - Agnes Joy a mother daughter drama Pakistan - Zindagi Tamasha / Circus of Life is about an elderly man who loves music whose life is changed by a social media post which brings him in conflict with the strict Muslim society in which he lives. Serbia - Dara in Jasenovac *sniffle* Was really hoping it'd be Father which I looooved at Ciff but perhaps this Holocaust drama about two kids...
Bangladesh - Sincerely Yours, Dhaka which is an anthology from multiple directors about life in Dhaka (streaming on Netflix) Belarus - Persian Lessons Hong Kong - Better Days which is teen crime drama about a bully victim and a street thug who protects her (for rent on Amazon | more on Hong Kong and Oscar) Iceland - Agnes Joy a mother daughter drama Pakistan - Zindagi Tamasha / Circus of Life is about an elderly man who loves music whose life is changed by a social media post which brings him in conflict with the strict Muslim society in which he lives. Serbia - Dara in Jasenovac *sniffle* Was really hoping it'd be Father which I looooved at Ciff but perhaps this Holocaust drama about two kids...
- 11/30/2020
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Film fans search the Clyde for clues to their Final Destination Photo: Ingrid Mur
Between fears about the burgeoning Covid-19 pandemic (which today saw this year’s South By Southwest cancelled completely) and increasingly hostile attitudes towards refugees, Alfonso Cuarón’s 2006 dystopian thriller Children Of Men seems more relevant today than ever, and many of those attending the morning screening of it on day nine of the Glasgow Film Festival felt that festival co-director Allan Hunter’s “Are we nearly there yet?” introduction on this occasion deserved a solid “Yes!” It might have set a grim mood but there was still a lot of excitement about the quality of the film, which some attendees were seeing on the big screen for the first time, and about Clive Owen’s performance in the leading role.
Radioactive director Marjane Satrapi in Glasgow Photo: Glasgow Film Festival
As previously, the early part of...
Between fears about the burgeoning Covid-19 pandemic (which today saw this year’s South By Southwest cancelled completely) and increasingly hostile attitudes towards refugees, Alfonso Cuarón’s 2006 dystopian thriller Children Of Men seems more relevant today than ever, and many of those attending the morning screening of it on day nine of the Glasgow Film Festival felt that festival co-director Allan Hunter’s “Are we nearly there yet?” introduction on this occasion deserved a solid “Yes!” It might have set a grim mood but there was still a lot of excitement about the quality of the film, which some attendees were seeing on the big screen for the first time, and about Clive Owen’s performance in the leading role.
Radioactive director Marjane Satrapi in Glasgow Photo: Glasgow Film Festival
As previously, the early part of...
- 3/7/2020
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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